HNY Research projects that the Remote Monitoring and Control market size will grow from USD 20.62 Billion in 2017 to USD 26.68 Billion by 2023, at an estimated CAGR of 4.38%. The base year considered for the study is 2017, and the market size is projected from 2018 to 2023.

The growth of this market is propelled by various factors such as increasing demand for industrial automation, asset excellence, and requirement for industrial mobility in the process industry. Remote monitoring and control solutions such as SCADA and emergency shutdown system are expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. Industrial automation and process control are growing rapidly with the integration of SCADA with field instruments and mobility solutions such as smartphones, tablets, and other solutions leading to the growth of the said market. Industries such as oil & gas, chemicals, and power are the key users of SCADA and emergency shutdown system.

Global and Regional Remote Monitoring and Control Research is an intelligent process of gathering and analyzing the numerical data related to services and products. This research aims at targeted customer’s understanding, needs and wants. Also, reveals how effectively a company can meet their requirements. The market research collects data about the customers, marketing strategy, competitors. The Remote Monitoring and Control Manufacturing industry is becoming increasingly dynamic and innovative, with more number of private players entering the industry.

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]]>http://scadatechsummit.com/2019/01/remote-monitoring-and-control-market-to-witness-astonishing-growth/feed/0Global Smart Gas Meter Revenue Is Expected to Grow from $1.9 Billion in 2018 to $3.1 Billion in 2027http://scadatechsummit.com/2019/01/global-smart-gas-meter-revenue-is-expected-to-grow-from-1-9-billion-in-2018-to-3-1-billion-in-2027/
http://scadatechsummit.com/2019/01/global-smart-gas-meter-revenue-is-expected-to-grow-from-1-9-billion-in-2018-to-3-1-billion-in-2027/#respondThu, 17 Jan 2019 12:01:34 +0000http://scadatechsummit.com/?p=10723The global natural gas metering market is undergoing a significant long-term transition. It is shifting from traditional meters or mobile reading devices to intelligent one- and two-way communicating meters, providing utilities with improved data management and network efficiency. According to a new report from Navigant Research, global smart gas meter revenue, including hardware and software, is expected to grow from $1.9 billion in 2018 to $3.1 billion in 2027, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.8%.

“The markets for smart gas metering technology vary significantly based on global region,” says Michael Hartnack, research analyst with Navigant Research. “Developed regions such as North America and Europe with nearly fully built-out gas and electric infrastructure are witnessing significant growth in retrofit gas metering projects, but lower growth in new meter installations and network expansion projects. Many of these installations have aligned closely with both electric advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) deployments and the increased adoption of advanced low power wide area (LPWA) networking technologies.”

Unlike electric AMI deployments, the business case for smart gas meters is more difficult to make for many utilities, especially gas-only utilities. According to the report, the lack of power at the meter and varying perspectives on the value of collected gas meter data are also among the challenges faced by gas utilities and smart gas metering solutions providers.

]]>http://scadatechsummit.com/2019/01/global-smart-gas-meter-revenue-is-expected-to-grow-from-1-9-billion-in-2018-to-3-1-billion-in-2027/feed/0Radiflow Offers New Approach for Classifying and Assessing OT Attack Vulnerabilitieshttp://scadatechsummit.com/2019/01/radiflow-offers-new-approach-for-classifying-and-assessing-ot-attack-vulnerabilities/
http://scadatechsummit.com/2019/01/radiflow-offers-new-approach-for-classifying-and-assessing-ot-attack-vulnerabilities/#respondWed, 16 Jan 2019 16:19:31 +0000http://scadatechsummit.com/?p=10720Radiflow has announced that the company is presenting a new approach for classifying the attack characteristics and assessing attack vulnerabilities on OT networks in a recently published whitepaper titled Meet Your Attacker: SCADA Attackers Taxonomy and Analysis.

In the company’s new whitepaper, Radiflow explains that while the reporting on cybersecurity incidents and attack campaigns is on the rise, each reporting organization uses a different analysis methodology.

For example, the cyberattack in the power grid in Ukraine in 2015 was covered by over 30 research centers around the world with each using its own methodology and publishing biased conclusions influenced by the researcher’s knowledge and the organization’s point of view.

“The increase in the number of reports, each with a different analysis methodology, makes it challenging for security analysts to derive coherent and clear conclusions from the cases,” explained Yehonatan Kfir, CTO of Radiflow and the author of this whitepaper. “The current lack of a single taxonomy to analyze security incidents leads to difficulties in understanding the threat landscape in an unbiased way.”

In the whitepaper, Radiflow analyzes several highly publicized cybersecurity incidents over the past ten years, including the Triton and the Ukraine electricity blackout cases, and puts forward a new evidence-based taxonomy for classifying and analyzing the impact of each on OT networks.

“We believe our new taxonomy and case analysis provides a clearer model for understanding cyber-attacks on SCADA systems,” added Kfir. “Our new taxonomy gives risk managers a coherent framework for analyzing the different types of attackers and allows them to plan their security defenses according to the attacker models that are relevant for their specific organizations.”

According to Radiflow, the next evolutional step in risk analysis for critical infrastructure operators and industrial enterprises is dynamically determining the impact of disclosed vulnerabilities. The company advocates that this should be done based on the context of the organization’s OT network and business logic related to the relevant attacker models.

“Here too there are issues with the existing methods as the two major vulnerability disclosure organizations – NIST and ICS-CERT – use scoring standards for the risk assessment of disclosed vulnerabilities with a bias towards IT networks, specifically the potential of a vulnerability to compromise sensitive data and cause non-compliance with regulations,” stated Kfir. “Even though these two organizations do not always agree on the impact of a disclosed vulnerability, this framework is clearly a good fit for corporate IT networks, although is not always applicable to the context of industrial environments and the SCADA and ICS systems running on OT networks.”

]]>http://scadatechsummit.com/2019/01/radiflow-offers-new-approach-for-classifying-and-assessing-ot-attack-vulnerabilities/feed/0Bedrock Automation Receives Achilles Certification for Cyber Hardening on OSA Remotehttp://scadatechsummit.com/2019/01/bedrock-automation-receives-achilles-certification-for-cyber-hardening-on-osa-remote/
http://scadatechsummit.com/2019/01/bedrock-automation-receives-achilles-certification-for-cyber-hardening-on-osa-remote/#respondTue, 08 Jan 2019 15:56:43 +0000http://scadatechsummit.com/?p=10678Bedrock Automation, maker of the Bedrock Open Secure Automation System (OSA), has received Achilles Level 2 certification from GE Digital (Wurldtech) on its OSA Remote controller. The OSA Remote delivers the intrinsic cyber security protection for which Bedrock Automation is known in a compact unit that provides powerful PLC and SCADA RTU functionality for monitoring and control of up to 20 universal I/0, as well as serial and industrial Ethernet I/O. The Achilles certification provides users with greater assurance that they can implement their open applications remotely, secure from cyber threats.

Like all Bedrock products, the compact OSA Remote embeds more than 30 cyber security technologies, including public key infrastructure (PKI) with secure keys inserted at birth, and advanced authentication and encryption capabilities for SCADA. All of this is in a system device that fits in the palm of the hand and at prices often below conventional PLCs or RTUs.

The Achilles Test Platform helps manufacturers of mission critical infrastructure solutions ensure that their products are not vulnerable to cyberattacks. It tests communications robustness of networks and operational parameters, identifying vulnerabilities and reproducing, isolating and resolving faults that cause them. The test battery is based on extensive experience in working with critical infrastructure systems and with manufacturers of devices that automate them to verify and validate performance under real-world conditions, such as denial of service (DoS) attacks.

The OSA Remote, like all Bedrock products, is manufactured with a secure supply chain on US soil at a Bedrock secure facility. The results are layers of cyber protection and due diligence that are unmatched in its industry. It is now shipping in volume.

As climate change-related extreme weather events continue to cause significant problems around the world, weather data is becoming increasingly important. In the utility sector, though, this type of data is often underutilized, and the lack of a strategic approach can lead to missed opportunities to improve operations and develop new business models. According to the report, many technology and analytics vendors hope to improve utilities’ approach to weather data.

“Utilities have been using weather data for years, but only in a handful of applications, which means the responsibility for weather insights is fragmented across the enterprise,” says Stuart Ravens, principal research analyst. “For example, owners of a hydroelectric power station pay close attention to rainfall statistics to predict when and how much power to produce. The more accurate hydro owners are at predicting future rainfall, the more accurate their power trading strategies.”

According to the report, utility and technology vendors can help address utility challenges by taking a strategic view of weather data and making better use of existing weather data assets. In addition, they can incorporate weather data into new and existing services, centralize weather management, and recognize the mutual benefits between utilities and weather data vendors.

The report, Unlocking the Value of Weather Data through Strategic Management, examines the potential applications of weather data in the utility industry and provides recommendations on more strategic approaches when using it. The study explores the emerging discipline of weather management and how it can support operating and business model innovation. It also discusses select use cases for weather data in the utility industry that depict how such data can be used to provide valuable insights across the entire utility value chain.

]]>http://scadatechsummit.com/2018/12/navigant-research-report-finds-utilities-need-a-more-strategic-approach-to-weather-data/feed/0MMRC signs contract with Alstom for S&T, PSD and M&E SCADAhttp://scadatechsummit.com/2018/12/mmrc-signs-contract-with-alstom-for-st-psd-and-me-scada/
http://scadatechsummit.com/2018/12/mmrc-signs-contract-with-alstom-for-st-psd-and-me-scada/#respondTue, 11 Dec 2018 16:00:06 +0000http://scadatechsummit.com/?p=10627Alstom has been awarded a contract by Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) to supply CBTC signaling systems for line 3 of Mumbai Metro. The contract, which builds on rolling stock and Power supply contacts won earlier this year for the same line, is worth over euro 100 million.

Alstom will equip line 3 with urbalis 400, its latest generation of CBTC signaling technology. The scope of contract include unmanned train operation(UTO), Computer based interlocking and centralized train supervision, platform screen door as well as the electrical and mechanical supervisory control and data acquisition system (E&M SCADA)

The contract was signed by Alain Spohr, Managing Director, Alstom Transport India & South Asia on 7th December 2018 in presence of Ms. Ashwini Bhide, Managing Director of Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation and other officials.

The Mumbai Metro Line 3 is a 33.5-km long underground stretch connecting the busiest and congested regions in Mumbai – one of the fastest growing cities in India. The metro line will connect Cuffe Parade business district in the extreme south of the city to SEEPZ in the north-central with 26 underground and one street-level station. Line 3 will be the first underground metro line in Mumbai and will be one of the biggest underground continuous stretches in India.

]]>http://scadatechsummit.com/2018/12/mmrc-signs-contract-with-alstom-for-st-psd-and-me-scada/feed/0City Reduces Water Supply Costs with New SCADA Systemhttp://scadatechsummit.com/2018/12/city-reduces-water-supply-costs-with-new-scada-system/
http://scadatechsummit.com/2018/12/city-reduces-water-supply-costs-with-new-scada-system/#respondMon, 10 Dec 2018 17:47:49 +0000http://scadatechsummit.com/?p=10609The City of Farmington Hills is the second-largest city in Oakland County, Mich., with a population of more than 80,000. Most of the city has excellent water pressure and adequate fire protection, but as the name suggests, hilly terrain presents pressure challenges in certain areas.

With roughly 468 miles of pipe in its water distribution system, the city uses an average of 8.6 million gal per day (mgd) from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD). DWSD offers lower rates for communities that reduce their maximum day and/or peak hour demands. While the city’s average daily consumption is good, its peak hour factor of 4.4 mgd and maximum daily consumption of 21 mgd comes at a high cost.

The desired operating pressure for a water system is 50 to 80 lb per sq in. (psi), with a state required minimum normal working pressure of 35 psi. To ensure adequate pressure for fire protection, 20 psi is the required minimum during emergencies. When pressure is too high, leakage rates go up, and when it is too low, fire protection is compromised. Upon closer inspection, nine areas were identified with pressure concerns that needed to be addressed.

To reach the desired operating pressure, two styles of pressure-reducing valves (PRV) needed to be installed at five different points in the distribution system, ranging in size from 6 to 24 in.

The Singer S106-2SC-PCO-PR-SC-SPI-MV was the first type of PRV installed. This model provides for remote supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) control of flow and pressure. In the event there is a loss of power or SCADA control, a pressure- reducing override takes over, ensuring pressure is maintained through the system. The city also needed the valve fully open in the event of low pressure differential across the valve. The valve-opening pilot on the low inlet pressure setting ensures that the valve can go to a full open position on low inlet pressure to maintain fire flow and operating pressures in the system. The valve was fitted with upstream and downstream pressure transducers tied into the SCADA to provide for this functionality.

The Singer S106-2PR-SC-SPI-MV was the second type of PRV implemented in the system. This valve is equipped with two pressure-reducing Model 160 pilot controls with different set points. Through SCADA control, the city now remotely sets the system maintenance pressure. In addition, non-revenue water loss and pipe breakage has been reduced because of the utility’s ability to lower pressure in off-peak usage times, typically during the night and non-summer seasons.

All valves have the SPI-MV, a single point electromagnetic flowmeter that is built into the valve and ensures an accuracy of ±2% throughout the specified velocity range. This enables Oakland County to measure flow into each of the corresponding pressure zones, track usage and detect pipe breakage. It also allows the county to control and regulate the flow from DWSD during the peak flow hours. The SPI-MV allows the city to fill its tank at off-peak hours and control the total draw by reducing flow to districts as needed.

“The valves have exceeded the county’s expectations by allowing them to smoothly and effortlessly control flow rates within a 20-[gal per minute] dead band,” said Carrie Cox, assistant chief engineer for Oakland County.

With the construction of a 3-million-gal storage tank and accompanying controls, peak demands could be reduced, resulting in an annual savings of $3.3 million.

The global electric power industry is facing a fundamental shift from centralized generation toward a mix of distributed energy resources (DER) and smart grid solutions. This mix, known as the Energy Cloud, is challenging utilities, which must manage and control an ever more complex electrical grid. According to the report, electric utilities will rely on the integration of existing ADMSs and DERMSs to effectively manage changing business and network conditions.

“While dozens of solutions are being explored by utilities, ADMSs and DERMSs are emerging as consensus winners in the Energy Cloud future,” says Michael Kelly, research analyst with Navigant Research. “The global market for these management solutions is expected to grow across all markets as utilities look to improve operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and mitigate the disruptive impacts of DER.”

The report, Optimizing DER Integration and Grid Management with DERMS and ADMS, examines the drivers behind ADMS and DERMS deployments and how these solutions enable the Energy Cloud transition. The study discusses evolving needs in the electric power industry today, explores new business models, and compares investments in ADMSs and DERMSs to those in other IT systems. It also explains why utility planning is critical for seamless deployments of ADMSs and DERMSs and provides recommendations for stakeholders on how to target this nascent market.

]]>http://scadatechsummit.com/2018/12/utilities-will-rely-on-advanced-it-systems-for-distribution-management-and-distributed-energy-resources-management/feed/0New SCADA System Lets PUC Open/Close Valves Remotelyhttp://scadatechsummit.com/2018/12/new-scada-system-lets-puc-open-close-valves-remotely/
http://scadatechsummit.com/2018/12/new-scada-system-lets-puc-open-close-valves-remotely/#respondTue, 04 Dec 2018 15:05:39 +0000http://scadatechsummit.com/?p=10570PUC Services Inc. in Ontario Canada has launched its new supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA) during a ribbon cutting event at its water treatment plant on Second Line West. PUC president Rob Brewer says the SCADA upgrade will ultimately boost efficiency levels throughout the utility corporation’s 14 sites.

“What it does from a technical standpoint is it actually gives us real time insight into our entire system across town, and allows us to make modifications as we go,” Brewer told SooToday during the launch. “We can now, from a control room, make adjustments that previously we had to send crews out to the various sites to do. So it’s increased both our efficiency, but also the ability for us to react in a much more timely fashion.”

The new SCADA system at the water treatment plant replaces the previous 30-year end-of-life system, which PUC says was racked with frequent hardware and network failures. Now, PUC has the ability to control many of its industrial processes locally or from remote locations, while giving staff the power to monitor and analyze process information in real time.

During a tour of the water treatment plant, PUC water operations lead hand Sandra Dewar told SooToday that the new system will allow employees to open and close valves on the filter floor remotely, as opposed to doing the same task manually.

“We have it in real time, there’s no delay process for us anymore,” said Dewar. “We have the actual console on the filter floor, so that was a huge upscale from what we had before.”

Dewar says that many of the reports now available through the upgraded SCADA system simply weren’t available to PUC employees in the past.

“We can see historical data pretty much at any time to see what was happening at a specific day, specific time and see all of the factors involved,” Dewar said.

Prior to the official ribbon cutting in the control room of the water treatment plant, Mayor Christian Provenzano – who also sits on the board of directors for PUC – told onlookers that a progressive utility corporation is a step in the right direction for the city as a whole.

“It’s important that we make sure that we have the right mechanisms and infrastructure in place to provide [and] deliver our services properly, but it’s also just as important that we as the city, and we as the PUC, be a leader in the community,” said Provenzano. “I believe strongly that the changes we want to see in our community, we have to see at city hall and we have see at our utility.”

PUC initially began its planning, development and engineering phase of the project in 2017, with physical construction getting underway in early 2018.

“You know, it’s fantastic to see a project start right from the planning stages, and then two years of a whole lot of staff time and a whole lot of energy from contractors and everybody involved in it,” said Brewer. “To see it come into fruition, it’s a really exciting time for us.”

The SCADA upgrade had a total actual cost of $1,915,430, or 97.5 per cent of the project’s total budget of $1,963,200.

]]>http://scadatechsummit.com/2018/12/new-scada-system-lets-puc-open-close-valves-remotely/feed/0ICONICS and SUSiEtec Connects SCADA with the Cloudhttp://scadatechsummit.com/2018/12/iconics-and-susietec-connects-scada-with-the-cloud/
http://scadatechsummit.com/2018/12/iconics-and-susietec-connects-scada-with-the-cloud/#respondMon, 03 Dec 2018 17:19:24 +0000http://scadatechsummit.com/?p=10567S&T Technologies and ICONICS have signed a collaboration agreement. ICONICS is a automation software provider, designing advanced solutions for web-enabled OPC UA and BACnet certified visualization, HMI and SCADA, as well as software solutions for the energy and manufacturing industries. Based on the partnership, S&T Technologies integrates SCADA capabilities into the SUSiEtec Software Framework, which allows customers to access SCADA capabilities also in cloud related environments.

Bernhard Günthner, Managing Director of S&T Technologies: “Partnering with ICONICS ensures our IIoT/Industry 4.0. customers take yet another step into the cloud. Advanced SCADA capabilities are now being made cloud-ready thanks to our IoT Software Framework SUSiEtec. We enable customers, especially in automation, to visualize complex processes. utlizing secure access to machine data, gained from virtually any edge device. Customers benefit from ICONICS‘ over 30 years of experience in visualizing demanding applications and from the longtime know-how of IoT and Industry 4.0 solutions at the S&T Group and Kontron.”

As a result, customers will be able to select the capabilities they are familiar with from ICONICS’ full range of products, or add new capabilities to suit their needs. Systems can be monitored and controlled intuitively via dashboards, including on mobile devices. Additionally, extensive analytics applications are used to display digitized data for different areas like quality, service, productivity and efficiency.

“We are pleased to partner with S&T, a company with decades of experience in industrial software solutions and a portfolio of the latest Industry 4.0 and IoT solutions,” said Russ Agrusa, President and CEO of ICONICS. “The integration of ICONICS’ globally-tested HMI and SCADA solutions with S&T Technologies’ SUSiEtec IoT software framework provides advanced cloud connectivity and enables customers to benefit from the best of two worlds.“

The integration of ICONICS with SUSiEtec will be available in the first quarter of 2019. Customers will then be able to obtain a complete edge-to-cloud IIoT solution, including ICONICS licenses from a single source through S&T Technologies.